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Campus Activities

Club members are invited to participate in the Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference.

UMN Taekwondo Club provides a space to learn and practice

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 25, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Taekwondo Club aims to create a community with shared interests, regardless of experience or background, both inside and outside of taekwondo. The club meets three times...

Each counseling experience is uniquely tailored to the student seeking care.

UMN counseling services provide options for struggling students

by Georgia Jensen
Published July 25, 2024

As the fall semester approaches, the University of Minnesota offers several counseling services for students struggling with their mental health. Boynton Health and Student Counseling Services (SCS)...

The Impact Lab provides students with experiences in the business world and helps them navigate uncertainty in the classroom. Image courtesy of UMN Carlson Impact Lab.

UMN Carlson School Impact Lab helps students develop problem-solving skills

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 25, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Carlson Impact Lab provides students with opportunities to work with real clients and collaborate with peers. The Impact Lab launched in fall 2022 as a part of the newly...

The Climate Action Plan will focus on green spaces and waterways around the Twin Cities campus.

UMN expands Climate Action Plan

by Tyler Church
Published July 23, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Office of Sustainability recently announced additional policies to its Climate Action Plan.  The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan pushes the focus beyond the University’s...

Trends in women’s farming are moving gradually upward.

How UMN is shaping the future of women in agriculture

by Josie Wise, George Van Nice
Published July 18, 2024

The number of female farmers across Minnesota has increased by 1,106 since 2017, according to the latest Census of Agriculture report — a meaningful increase for University of Minnesota students and...

The club meets monthly for meetings and activities.

UMN Best Buddies promotes friendships with people with disabilities

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 16, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Best Buddies club is a chapter of Best Buddies International, which creates one-to-one friendships between students at the University and students with intellectual and...

Small businesses and media in the rise of women’s sports

Small businesses and media in the rise of women’s sports

by Josie Wise
Published July 16, 2024

A line wrapped around the corner of the street as people waited to get into a Minneapolis sports bar on a Friday night. It was game day. But the game wasn’t the Super Bowl or an NBA Final. It was...

Students share concerns about ongoing safety issues and crime in Dinkytown.

UMN students react to recent crime in Dinkytown

by Sophie Eydis and Josie Wise
Published July 15, 2024

The recent tumultuous Fourth of July evening in Dinkytown sparked conversation among students concerned about safety and crime within the area.  The Minneapolis Police Department and its law enforcement...

Nature of Life instructors wait for the students to arrive. Image courtesy of Nature of Life.

Nature of Life at Itasca welcomes CBS students for over 20 years

by Georgia Jensen
Published July 9, 2024

Since 2001, incoming first-year students in the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences (CBS) have ventured to Itasca State Park to participate in the college’s Nature of Life at Itasca...

Alena Corniea posing in a forest dance photoshoot. Courtesy of Alena Corniea.

University of Minnesota dancers struggle with mental health, body image

by Kinsey Gade, Contributing Writer
Published July 8, 2024

Alena Corniea, a sophomore dance major at the University of Minnesota, said she struggled with body image and disordered eating during her early teenage years related to her dance environment. Corniea...

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